Retail TouchPoints
OCTOBER 3, 2023
By my recollection, the world of flexible fulfillment hit an inflection point about 15 years ago. It was at that point that putting the technology and operations in place to fulfill from an increasingly complex supply chain network embarked upon its next frontier. Let’s start with demand forecasting and inventory deployment.
Retail TouchPoints
DECEMBER 12, 2023
In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact? Keeping in mind as well the need to optimize their supply chain fulfillment to meet consumer delivery expectations while managing parcel carrier costs?
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Retail TouchPoints
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
stores, to distribution center-based fulfillment of large items like riding mowers, grills and furniture. CEO Marvin Ellison, speaking during a recent conference call discussing the home improvement retailer’s Q3 financial results, revealed that Lowe’s is on track to change over its entire store base to this model by the end of 2023.
Retail TouchPoints
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
By creating narrower product assortments and limiting inventory levels — especially for product shipments headed to brick-and-mortar stores —merchants would gain the ability to react more quickly to changing consumer trends, and even potentially reduce their need for markdowns. Keith Jelinek.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 31, 2023
The report also noted that the most advanced AI solutions can realize savings by using analysis “to route online orders to stores with merchandise most likely to go on markdown while also considering the shipping cost.
Retail TouchPoints
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
According to the researchers at the Auburn University RFID Lab, a typical brick-and-mortar retailer without RFID has about 60% SKU-level accuracy, which is simply not acceptable anymore to keep up with consumer demands for speedy fulfillment and a wide product selection. RFID captures all inventory in-store and online. RFID and Beyond.
Retalon
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Instead of only shipping to customers’ homes, retailers let online customers shop from their local and online store’s inventory and pick up their orders from their closest brick-and-mortar location the same day. A retail fulfillment process that is known as BOPIS — Buy Online, Pickup In-Store. What is BOPIS?
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